Presentation Skills Worksheet: Handling Questions

Public speaking lesson 20: Handling questions politely · Set 903 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Listen, thank, answer, check): Steps: 1 listen to the whole question, 2 thank the asker, 3 answer briefly, 4 check if it helped. Polite: “Great question — thank you.”, “I am not sure, but I will find out.”, “Could you please repeat the question?” Impolite: “That is a silly question.”, “I already said that.”, “Ask someone else.” Take questions one by one, fairly.

1. 1.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: thanking the asker? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
2. 2.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: rolling your eyes? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
3. 3.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or listen to the question? (a) thank the asker (b) listen to the question
4. 4.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I already said that. Weren’t you listening?” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
5. 5.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “That is a great question — thank you.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
6. 6.🙋 After answering, what can you politely ask? (a) “Any more silly ones?” (b) “Wasn’t it obvious?” (c) “Happy now?” (d) “Does that help?”
7. 7.True or false: “Obviously! Everyone knows that.” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” is a polite reply. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🙋 While someone asks a question, you should… (a) listen till they finish (b) interrupt them (c) look at your notes (d) start packing up
10. 10.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) making up an answer (b) rolling your eyes (c) keeping answers short (d) arguing angrily
11. 11.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Ask someone else.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
12. 12.True or false: “I don’t know. Next.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🙋 You didn’t hear the question clearly. What should you do? (a) guess and answer (b) pretend you heard (c) walk away (d) politely ask again
14. 14.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or answer briefly? (a) thank the asker (b) answer briefly
15. 15.🙋 You don’t know the answer to a question. What is best? (a) laugh at the asker (b) ignore the question (c) make up an answer (d) say you will find out
16. 16.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) answering only friends (b) making up an answer (c) admitting you don’t know (d) interrupting the asker
17. 17.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: making up an answer? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thanking the asker (b) looking at everyone (c) staying calm (d) making up an answer
19. 19.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: repeating the question? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
20. 20.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: keeping answers short? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
21. 21.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) repeating the question (c) admitting you don’t know (d) interrupting the asker
22. 22.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: admitting you don’t know? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
23. 23.Which of these is a good Q&A habit? (a) thanking the asker (b) a ten-minute answer (c) interrupting the asker (d) rolling your eyes
24. 24.True or false: “Could you please repeat the question?” is a polite reply. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a poor Q&A habit? (a) looking at everyone (b) thanking the asker (c) making up an answer (d) admitting you don’t know
26. 26.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I am not sure, but I will find out and tell you.” (a) an impolite reply (b) a polite reply
27. 27.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or thank the asker? (a) answer briefly (b) thank the asker
28. 28.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: answer briefly or listen to the question? (a) answer briefly (b) listen to the question
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) rolling your eyes (c) making up an answer (d) answering only friends
30. 30.🙋 When you answer an audience question, which do you do first: thank the asker or check if it helped? (a) thank the asker (b) check if it helped
31. 31.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: looking at everyone? (a) a poor Q&A habit (b) a good Q&A habit
32. 32.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Could you please repeat the question?” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeating the question (b) keeping answers short (c) looking at everyone (d) arguing angrily
34. 34.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “I don’t know. Next.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply
35. 35.True or false: “I see it differently, but thank you for sharing.” is an impolite reply. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) interrupting the asker (b) answering only friends (c) thanking the asker (d) rolling your eyes
37. 37.True or false: “That is a great question — thank you.” is an impolite reply. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🙋 Good or poor Q&A habit: answering only friends? (a) a good Q&A habit (b) a poor Q&A habit
39. 39.🙋 Many hands go up at once. What is fair? (a) ignore them all (b) shout over them (c) answer only friends (d) take them one by one
40. 40.🙋 Is this a polite or an impolite reply to an audience question? “Good point. Let me explain that part again.” (a) a polite reply (b) an impolite reply

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